Micah 4:5

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
people	הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים ha.'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
walk	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
one	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
name	בְּשֵׁ֣ם be.Shem	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
god	אֱלֹהָ֑יו 'e.lo.Hav	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
walk	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
name	בְּשֵׁם be.shem-	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
ever	לְעוֹלָ֥ם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ever	וָעֶֽד va.'Ed	H5703	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Zechariah 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were…
Colossians 3:17 And what soever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Psalms 145:1-2 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Isaiah 2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be t…
2 Kings 17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 4:1-7

It is a very comfortable but with which this chapter begins, and very reviving to those who lay the interests of God's church near their heart and are concerned for the welfare of it. When we sometimes see the corruptions of the church, especially of church-rulers, princes, priests, and prophets, seeking their own things and not the things of God, and when we soon after see the desolations of the church, Zion for their sakes ploughed as a field, we are ready to fear that it will one day perish between both, that the name of Israel shall be no more in remembrance; we are ready to give up all for gone, and to conclude the church will have neither root not branch upon earth. But let not our fai…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 4:5

For--rather, Though it be that all people walk after their several gods, yet we (the Jews in the dispersion) will walk in the name of the Lord. So the Hebrew particle means in the Margin, Gen 8:21; Exo 13:17; Jos 17:18. The resolution of the exile Jews is: As Jehovah gives us hope of so glorious a restoration, notwithstanding the overthrow of our temple and nation, we must in confident reliance on His promise persevere in the true worship of Him, however the nations around, our superiors now in strength and numbers, walk after their gods [ROSENMULLER]. As the Jews were thoroughly weaned from idols by the Babylonian captivity, so they shall be completely cured of unbelief by their present lon…

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Adam Clarke on Micah 4:5

Every one in the name of his god - This shall be the state of the Gentile world; but after the captivity, the Jews walked in the name of Jehovah alone; and acknowledge no other object of religious worship to the present day.

John Gill on Micah 4:5

For all people will walk everyone in the name of his god,.... Till those times come before described; when many nations and people shall flock to the church, and there shall be such general peace and tranquillity as here promised; till then the nations of the earth shall retain their former religion, and the profession of it, with constancy, till they are otherwise instructed, as Aben Ezra; or till the Messiah shall turn them into the right way, as Kimchi; till that time comes, the Pagans will worship their idols, and continue in the idolatry of their ancestors; the Papists will retain their image worship, and hold to their lord god the pope, as they call him; the Mahometans will cleave to t…

The Church Fathers

They who are eager to go up into the mountain of the Lord and wish to learn thoroughly his ways promise a ready obedience, and they receive in themselves the glories of the life in Christ and undertake with their whole strength to be earnest in all holiness. "For let everyone," he says, "in every country and city go the way he chooses and pass his life as seems good to him, but our care is Christ, and his laws we will make our straight path; we will walk along with him; and that not for this life only, present or past, but yet more for what is beyond." It is a faithful saying. "For they who now suffer with him shall walk with him forever, and with him be glorified, and with him reign." But "they" make Christ their care who prefer nothing to his love, who cease from the vain distractions of the world and seek rather righteousness and what is pleasing to him, and to excel in virtue. Such a one was the divine Paul, for he writes, "I am crucified with Christ; and now no longer I live, but Christ lives in me." And again: "I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and him crucified."
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON MICAH 2:4.5

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Dictionary and topics

God · To be reverence — To be reverence
Revivals · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Toleration · Religions — Religions

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Micah 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 4:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 4:5

Adam Clarke on Micah 4:5

John Gill on Micah 4:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Micah 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 4:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 4:5

Adam Clarke on Micah 4:5

John Gill on Micah 4:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Micah 4:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Micah 4:5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Micah 4:4

Rashi on Micah 4:5